Is anyone else getting the feeling

[NessaWyvern]

My point was simply more along the lines of whether or not the dismissal of said complaint is at the individual level (i.e. you personally reject the personal assertions of the other person for specific flaws in that person's position) or if its collect (i.e you reject their complaints because of their group affiliation and use an overly broad brush). As a side point, you really dont know much about faiths in general it seems. A 'room full of christians' wont persecute christians? Certain sects of Christianity absolutely hate other sects. There is a real hate for Catholics in some circles from other Christians (Some parts of 7th day adventists come to mind; theyre not fond of the catholic church and actively view its leadership as the antichrist.)

This doesnt even address a key aspect - Just because you belong to a majority does not mean people cannot persecute you.
Also, you really dont know your history to well either. Whites have been a majority and in power in the US for a while, but they certainly did discriminate against other whites at times. People tend to forget Irish and Italians were both actively discriminated against. Borderline systemic at some points. This goes beyond that though - groups can find ways to discriminate against people who would otherwise be a part of that same group for all sorts of reasons. It's not a unique phenomenon.

Aye, I agree completely, I know a little bit about this as I am descended from Roman Catholic Irish who had to leave Ireland due to the great famine and oppression.
They were being oppressed like you wouldn't believe.
Persecution is still occurring towards them in different forms. Despite being agnostic/athiest, I was appalled to hear from my mother that she didn't like Catholics and thought the Irish Roman Catholics deserved to die in the great famine (do to them being catholic), I asked why, and she said in along the lines of, that it was partly due to her being Anglican, and partly due to how catholics are portrayed in the media, even though my dad was sitting right next to her and he was raised catholic (which is where my Roman Catholic Irish heritage comes from).